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Your Source For The Best In BasketballWed, 18 Mar 2015 16:10:01 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.3By: Tarzan Cooperhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/taking-off-the-training-wheels/#comment-1047423
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:17:44 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1047423teddy, that is advancing the popularity and show part of basketball, not so much what happens on the court, despite the lane shet. bynum is very good. it wasnt too long ago kobe was shetting on him while nearly skipping town. i wish the spurs could have traded matt bonner and jacque vaughn, if he was on the team? for pau gasol.
]]>By: Teddy-the-Bearhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/taking-off-the-training-wheels/#comment-1047066
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:27:06 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1047066Its not about how great his skillset was compared to 90′s centers–its all relative to specific eras.
The reason why they freaking changed the lane and the rules is BECAUSE OF GEORGE MIKAN. I can’t believe you’re trying to argue that George Mikan didn’t advance basketball. Being the first NBA star and being the first dominant player ever IS advancing basketball.
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:22:25 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1047064Allenp: I can’t believe what you’re saying, because it has nothing to do with anything.
Mikan only REVOLUTIONIZED THE GAME OF BASKETBALL. Paving the way for giants to dominate in the NBA is not advancing the game of basketball? Are you joking or are you joking?
]]>By: melvin elyhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/taking-off-the-training-wheels/#comment-1046984
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:26:55 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1046984And I happen to agree with Allen. If Mikan was so great, then how come the majority of highlights I see from him are him shooting a bank shot 3 feet away from the basket over a balding 150 pound white guy? The numbers say he’s great, but discerning hoopheads should be aware of the circumstances surrounding them before they proclaim all-time greatness.
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:21:57 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1046983I dislike the lakers on principle, and although I WOULD like to say that the only reason he gets into the ASG is because of the apparent shortage of good west centers (not you, Nene), I’m forced to admit that Bynum is looking good so far and that the basketball fan in me would like to see him carry over his development to whenever Pau comes around. Wow that sentence was painful.
]]>By: Adrian Zapatahttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/taking-off-the-training-wheels/#comment-1046815
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:16:47 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1046815The Brad Long comment had me cracking up!
BTW don’t EVER compare Bynum to Duncan.
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:19:34 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1046737Someone has been busy coping and pasting my comments over the past few months.
]]>By: Allenphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/taking-off-the-training-wheels/#comment-1046702
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:36:10 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1046702Eboy
Of course not. They are as asinine as Mikan, but for the opposite reason. But, the author wasn’t really comparing them, just saying that Bynum has a lot of potential. I’ll let that slide.
JL
The only reason Mikan was ahead of his time was because there were few other tall people in the league. That was it. He was a big bruising, plodder like all of the other big men who played back then. The problem was there were very few big men.
Bill Russell changed the game. Wilt changed the game. KG and Duncan changed the game. Mikan dominated his era and was the league’s first big star, but he didn’t do much to advance the game of basketball.
The lane was six feet! Do y’all understand the significance of this? And there was no three seconds!
]]>By: Eboyhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/taking-off-the-training-wheels/#comment-1046642
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:45:38 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1046642So the other three names are fair comparisons, Allen?
]]>By: JLhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/taking-off-the-training-wheels/#comment-1046617
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:25:40 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1046617but you gotta say, big man talent wise, Mikan was ahead of his time, just like Chamberlain was. Like Shaq was (and still kinda is).
]]>By: Allenphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/taking-off-the-training-wheels/#comment-1046584
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:59:54 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1046584With a six-foot lane, no shot clock, and no three second rule?
And no offensive goaltending?
Don’t ever bring up Mikan again. Ever.
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:58:53 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1046581He’s probably already better than Mikan.
Come on, do y’all realize that Mikan was playing against a league full of midgets?
]]>By: Eboyhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/taking-off-the-training-wheels/#comment-1046570
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:54:27 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1046570Are we sure that Sean Sweeney isn’t a pen name for Brad Long?
]]>By: Eboyhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/taking-off-the-training-wheels/#comment-1046568
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:53:33 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1046568Uhm……wow.
]]>By: TADOnehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/taking-off-the-training-wheels/#comment-1046511
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:19:16 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1046511You are comparing Bynum to Kareem, Mikan, Shaq, and Wilt?!?! With a straight face?!
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:29 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=53576#comment-1046508The way he played while pau was out was all-star worthy
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